Manas Chakrabarty
Emeritus Scientist (CSIR)
(Formerly, Senior Professor)
PhD: University of Calcutta (1974)

Emeritus Scientist (CSIR)

Teaching Experience:

Have had been teaching

·        Mainly “NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry” in the M.Sc. course (in the Departments of Chemistry at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Presidency College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, Scottish Church College, Kolkata and R.K. Mission VC College, Khardaha).

·        “Mass Spectrometry” at the Integrated Ph.D. (Biotechnolgy) course (at West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata) and in the M.Sc. Course (Chemistry) at Barasat State University, West Bengal.

·         “Hyphenated Mass Spectrometry” (in the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata).

·        “Advanced Organic Chemistry” in B.Tech. course (in the Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata).

·        “Chemistry of Natural Products” in the M.S. (Pharmacy) course (at NIPER, West Bengal, currently being conducted at I.I.C.B., Jadavpur, Kolkata).

·        Various topics in the “Course Work” of Bose Institute, Kolkata.

Additional Academic Activities:

Have had been acting as a

·         Paper Setter, Moderator and Examiner of Theoretical and Practical Papers in many Universities and PG Colleges.

·        Examiner for the M. Phil. and Ph.D. Thesis and / or their Viva-voce

(for the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, I.I.T., Guwahati, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Ranchi University, Jharkhand, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Viswavidyalaya, Faizabad, U.P., Assam University, Silchar, Assam, etc).

·        Supervisor for a number of Summer Trainees (students of M.Sc. from I.I.T.s of Kharagpur, Chennai, Kanpur and Guwahati and of B. Tech (Polymer Sc. & Tech.) students of the University of Calcutta, Kolkata).

·        Have been acting as a Member of the Expert Committee of UGC, Govt. of India for assessment of the SAP of Chemistry Department, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, West Bengal.

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Presentation of Invited Lectures:

·        As a Resource Person: Delivered Lectures on

Chromatography; Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions; Sugar-shaped Alkaloids; Alkaloidal Glycosidase Inhibitors; Marine Molecules; Mass Spectrometry and its Applications; Green Chemistry and Environment; Spectroscopic Identification of Natural products, etc.

·        In Refresher Courses at:

(i)  Depts. of Chemistry and Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

(i)      Dept. of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

(ii)    Dept. of Instrumentation Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

(iii)    Asutosh College, Kolkata (in UGC-sponsored Seminar).

(iv)   Bethune College, Kolkata (in UGC-sponsored Seminar).

(vi) “Workshop on Techniques in Life Sciences” at Assam University, Silchar, Assam. 

·                    As an Invited Speaker

In National Symposia at:

(i)      Depts. of Chemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata; University of Calcutta (also, in the Dept. of Zoology), Kolkata; Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

(ii)    Annual Convention of the Indian Council of Chemists, Agra (held at Mysore University, Mysore) and Annual Convention of Chemists of the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata (held at various places).

(iii)   Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.  

(iv)  Chemical Research Society of India (Kolkata Chapter), Bangalore (held at I.I.T., Kharagpur).

(v)    Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India, etc.

In International Symposia at:

(i)       “International Conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products: Chemistry and Medical Applications”, University of Delhi, Delhi and held at La Meridien Hotel, New Delhi,

(ii)     “International Conference on Chemistry Biology Interface: Synergistic New Frontiers”, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi,

(iii)    “IUPAC-sponsored 2^nd International Conference on Green/ Sustainable Chemistry”, University of Delhi, Delhi,

(iv)“2^nd International Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry”, held at Rajasthan     University, Jaipur, etc.

• Membership of Learned Societies:

      Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.)

       Life Members of:

(i)                  Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, India.

(ii)                Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata.

(iii)               Indian Science News Association, Kolkata.

(iv)              Zoological Society, Kolkata.

Students awarded Ph.D. Degree under my supervision:

• Ten (10), all registered at Jadavpur University, Kolkata):

1.  Dr. Archana Batabyal                      6.   Dr. Sandipan Sarkar

2.  Dr. Amar Chandra Nath                  7.   Dr. Taraknath Kundu

3.  Dr. Shampa Khasnobis                    8.   Dr. Sulakshana Karmakar

4.  Dr. Ramkrishna Basak                     9.   Dr. Ajanta Mukherji

5.  Dr. Nandita Ghosh                          10. Dr. Ratna Mukherjee

+  One (01), registered at Assam University, Silchar, with myself as a Co-Guide:

11. Dr. Anupam Das Talukdar

Research Associates:

One (01), funded by a DBT-Institute Project: Dr. Subho Ghosh

One (01), funded by Bose Institute: Dr. Taraknath Kundu

Total no. of publications: Seventy six (76)

Award:

Was awarded the “Radhikamohan Maitra Educational Fellowship’ of the Calcutta University for 1977 as a partial support for pursuing Postdoctoral Research abroad.

Contact

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